Natus Vincere Benches Entire Roster
The Natus Vincere organization has announced that they have moved the entire Dota 2 team to inactive status. According to the organization, the team was unable to “assemble a competitive roster of full-time players.”
The former Natus Vincere roster consists of:
However, this wasn’t the iteration of Natus Vincere we saw at PGL Wallachia Season 2 that finished in fourth place. The team played with three stand-ins, which included Bzm, BOOM, and Puppey.
Another LAN tournament the team participated in recently was Clavision League S1: Snow Ruyi, where they also finished in fourth place. However, they again did not play with a complete roster, as pma from the academy team stood in for nefrit in the Off Lane.
This means, despite consistently making deep runs in tournament, the Ukrainian organization still decided to bench its roster. Still, it is understandable that the organization has decided to make this move, as they can’t even reliably fly in all five players to compete in tournaments.
However, the organization confirmed that its promising academy roster, NAVI Junior, will continue competing.